The Moon is in Taurus about to oppose Saturn in Scorpio. The fixed star, Algol, is highlighted in this fast moving alignment and adds testimony to the CNN headline that today reads, 'Dung of the Devil: Pope calls for end of unfettered pursuit of money.'As Venus and Jupiter in Leo prepare to square Saturn in Scorpio (and will do so as Saturn stations because of Venus' retrograde and Saturn's slower movement), we're looking at the theme or subjects of royal wealth and accumulation (Jupiter/Venus in Leo) and its relationship to darkness, power, corruption, control, and greed (Saturn in Scorpio). Will we accept the death, decay, or destruction of a former way of life, one that privileged excess and superficial totems of success and prestige? Will we allow for a new one to be born? Or will we persist in our madness, continue to lose our heads (Medusa's wicked eye), and get caught in a downward spiral of our own making?This may sound dramatic, but it's important to amplify the dynamic, to blow it up, so that we can see these aspects at work in some area or other of our lives. Are we living within our means? Are we refusing to see reason? Are we denying the obvious signs of limitation..the obvious "no's" or prohibitions being set up between us and our desired outcomes? Are we refusing to let go and consider that we can actually go nowhere without the guiding hand of heaven?A sign of health is often equated with someone who doesn't eat an entire plate of food but stops when they realize they're full, especially if there is too much food on the plate. Are we stopping when we should?On the other hand, to what extent are fears and expectations of failure and demise clouding our judgment about the future right now? To what extent is fear dictating our choices and perceptions, and why can't we simply let go and trust that "what will be will be?" The ability to recognize that something is out of our hands is not just a surrender of our control, either...it's also about the miracle of what we can see when we revision events in terms of something other than personal control entirely. The gift of letting go isn't just about the ego's death in other words...it's also about the birth or recognition, the glorious visibility, of the divine itself. Letting go is thus not something to give ourselves a merit badge about...at least not always. Just as much it's about giving ourselves the gift of what we see in place of personal control...in place of the entire paradigm of control OR its relinquishment.So how do we gift ourselves right now with this kind of vision? How can this moment of restriction not be turned into the ego and its spiritual development quest...like "we must get through this challenge so we can pass spiritual level 9." Instead, how can it be about dropping the scales from our eyes so that we might simply see from a different center of reference, reaching out to an entirely different circumference?Prayer: In my dreams I see an army of shields reflecting the sunlight into the singled eyes of you and of me. Light upon light and an understanding that clears the conflagration of faces in the clouds...until blue rivers open up one after another, and we stand in the vision of all that we are, all that we've been, and all we might yet become. By the hands of such creation, let it be. Amen.

The Moon is in Taurus today, making a number of aspects from the position of its exaltation. Though the Moon's light is almost gone and we're heading toward New Moon by early next week, it's a day of resolutions. The Moon today should have enough juice left from Taurus to push things through to exactly where they need to be by the new moon!Meanwhile, the Venus/Jupiter conjunction is slowly separating and Venus and Jupiter are both now applying to a square of Saturn retrograde in Scorpio. Let's take a look at what we can watch for with these transits in the works vis a vis the moon today and tomorrow.* Agitated moods and emotions (Moon sextile Mars)* You can't always get what you want (Mars in fall), but you may get what you need (Mars' ruler sextile Mars from a strong position)* Getting the best out of someone or something that otherwise might be seen as weak, pathetic, a lost cause, or lacking anything good to be gotten (Moon in Taurus sextile Mars in Cancer)* A transformative wave comes powerfully and suddenly...gets things done (Moon trine Pluto)* The harmony of the lights, makes things happens, brings resolutions, comfortable conclusions, happily ever afters for now (Moon sextile Sun)* A sweet and satisfying outcome (Moon sextile Sun, Cancer/Taurus)Now, for the Venus/Jupiter square Saturn combination:* A generational conflict building (Jupiter square Saturn)* The transfer or exchange of something old to someone young or vice versa (Jupiter square Saturn)* The proud, excited, optimistic versus the grounded, realistic, limitation (Jupiter square Saturn)* The old person's age, wisdom, and maturity, versus the young persons' innovation, spiritedness, and energy (Jupiter square Saturn)* Age/role reversals, the refusal to grow up or accept responsibility, the need to expand beyond old limits or boundaries, the difference between faith and reason (Jupiter square Saturn)* Age and maturity in love (Venus square Saturn)* Killjoys, trolls, and people who want to ground or bring down something excessive (Venus square Saturn)* Growing in responsibility, values gaining depth, relationships going to the next level of commitment or seriousness (Venus square Saturn)* Pain or death in relationships and love (Venus square Saturn)* The end of an era of selfish concern (Venus in Leo square Saturn in Scorpio)* Getting the worst out of each other (Venus in the sign of Saturn's detriment and Saturn in Venus' detriment)* Manipulating each other for what they want (Venus square Saturn in each other's detriments)Watch for any or all of these themes over the next few days, and work with them.Prayer: Listen for the voice of the divine, the still/small voice..the one that will help you surrender past the disappointments, gracefully accept the blessings, and carefully take your next steps.

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Adam Elenbaas is a professional astrologer and the founder of the Nightlight Astrology School. Adam holds an MA and MFA in English and Creative Writing and is one of the founding writers at RealitySandwich. To learn more about Adam, click here.